Category: Exercise
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Links!
This 2007 interview with Linda Bacon, author of Health at Every Size (review here). From New York Times writer Gina Kolata, a discussion of various types of medical studies and how to read them (skeptically). The accompanying graphic is cool too. From Noël Figart, The Unfit Person’s Guide to Fitness. I found this to be a useful starting place when I began exercising after a few years…
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…and the other reason why I exercise
It’s called, “Use it or lose it.” Last fall* I pulled a muscle in my right leg. Kept up my daily walks, pulled it again – or maybe pulled another muscle. This aggravated the occasional pain I would have in my right knee, and added some hip and thigh pain too. By November I was noticeably limping much of the time. I couldn’t walk without pain. I…
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“Do the math”: Exercise & Weight loss
It’s something you commonly see. Example: “The average person walking half an hour a day would lose about 13 pounds a year”. Recently a study actually had sedentary folks start exercising an HOUR a day, 6 days a week for a year. One would think they’d lose, what, more than 13 pounds on average, right? Nope. The women lost an average of 3 pounds and the men…
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A bit more on asthma….
It’s been great hearing that others have run into the “You mean it’s asthma, not just that I’m fat?” experience. Thought you would be interested in this, from the American College of Physicians Home Medical Guide: Asthma …. Main symptoms of asthma: Wheezing: May occur with or without shortness of breath in response to a trigger or for no obvious reason. Shortness of breath: Often associated with…
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